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From: marc.zyngier@arm•com (Marc Zyngier)
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists•infradead.org
Subject: [RFC PATCH] ARM: sched_clock: allow sched_clock to be selected at runtime
Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2011 09:59:24 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4E42486C.5030605@arm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20110810085210.GC1831@n2100.arm.linux.org.uk>

On 10/08/11 09:52, Russell King - ARM Linux wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 09:28:02AM +0100, Marc Zyngier wrote:
>> I'd be all for that, and I've waited a long time (April?) before posting
>> that patch, hoping that a consensus would emerge on the clocksourse
>> patches.
>>
>> So far, nothing.
>>
>> We need a solution to this problem. I really don't care which patch gets
>> merged, so if someone thinks they can get the clocksource patches
>> further, then by all mean, please do it.
> 
> I'll say it again, because you seem to have missed it.  I don't think
> intimately tying sched_clock and clocksource stuff together is a good
> idea, especially as there's platforms where sched_clock is higher
> resolution than the clocksource.  Plus, if it really is the case that
> any clocksource can be used for sched_clock, then we wouldn't have
> sched_clock at all.
> 
> So no, I don't think tying the two together is a good idea.  Especially
> when it means that some platforms will end up with a lower resolution
> and/or slower implementation.

Fair enough. I'll carry on with my current patch then.

Thanks,

	M.
-- 
Jazz is not dead. It just smells funny...

  reply	other threads:[~2011-08-10  8:59 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-08-09 17:13 [RFC PATCH] ARM: sched_clock: allow sched_clock to be selected at runtime Marc Zyngier
2011-08-09 20:54 ` Linus Walleij
2011-08-09 21:20 ` Rob Herring
2011-08-09 21:28   ` Eric Miao
2011-08-09 21:33     ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2011-08-10  8:28     ` Marc Zyngier
2011-08-10  8:52       ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2011-08-10  8:59         ` Marc Zyngier [this message]
2011-08-10  7:13   ` Linus Walleij
2011-08-10 11:49 ` Jamie Iles
2011-08-10 14:16   ` Marc Zyngier
2011-08-11  8:25   ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2011-08-11  8:49     ` Jamie Iles

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